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Sneaking Back to Writing

Do you think anyone will notice me quietly getting back at it?

I saw the date on my last post here and cringed. But s$*% happens in life, right? At first, it was ghostwriting that started to draw me away from my fiction writing – who could complain about that? But then it was the virus, followed by our decision to have the kids do virtual-schooling from home.

Before I knew it, through the whirlwind (or doldrums, depending on your perspective) that was the new paradigm, I’d completely lost my grasp on the one thing that was keeping me sane… my writing.

In an effort to re-establish a writing routine in this new world of ours, I’ve brushed off this site and my ghostwriting website, and I’ve tossed a new manuscript into the wind, to see if it produces any fruit.

I’m also going to build a standing desk that I will put in a room with a door, since my present writing area is within 10 feet of two noisy school children and their virtual classmates.

…here’s the back of the napkin sketch… next post will have the finished product!

It always looks good on paper.

Ok, keeping this post short and sweet – it’s time to build up those writing chops again!

Talk soon – stay safe!

My first published short story!

I suppose it was going to happen sooner or later.

After all, it’s a numbers game: send enough of my short stories to enough magazines and/or anthologies, and someone out there is bound to bite, right?

Well, early last week, a UK online magazine accepted my short science fiction story “Flesh” for publication for their January 2017 issue!  My first fiction writing success!

“Flesh” is the story of an elderly man who has given up everything for a chance at a new life.  But everything is not as it seems (dun, dun, DUN!!!).

I’m truly excited – this is a very significant step for me.  Now, I have a ‘publication history’; no longer do I need to leave that part of my submissions or queries blank!  I also get to have my fiction read by a much larger circle of people (beyond my husband, and the members of critters.org, to which I belong).

I had ‘set’ myself a goal of having my fiction published by the end of 2015 (fully aware that it wasn’t entirely in my hands); I’m pleasantly surprised that I was only off by a few months!  😉

Anyways – enough reveling in my success.  I have another set of agent queries to send out, not to mention crafting another couple short stories.  I’m also working on getting my freelance b2b copywriting career off the ground, by the end of the month…

Always lots to do, as a writer!

 

 

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